I fall into the category of lack of trust in Churches. The article itself points out that current church practices are a “social service” industry with a focus on fund raising. The true “relationship” is with God and obedience to his commands. Which acts we are to perform are set out in scripture. Performance of the latter will probably go a long way towards solving a lot of our ordinary “relationships.”
What would make you trust a local church?
It is up to each of us to find a sound biblical church to belong to. It requires investigation on the part of the believer in order to make this decision .
> I fall into the category of lack of trust in Churches. The article itself points out that current church practices are a “social service” industry with a focus on fund raising.
While it may seem that way in some churches a lot of the funding is for noble cause such as assisting people by providing food, clothing, homeless shelters and paying their bills when they have shortages due to a job loss or a loss in the family. I’m one of the people involved in that type ministry. When fund raising is for self-enrichment thats when its being done for the wrong reason.